Surah Yusuf, ayah 81
ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَبِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَآ إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سَرَقَ وَمَا شَهِدْنَآ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَـٰفِظِينَ
Return to your father and say, 'O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen.
Yusuf · 12:81
Word by word
- ٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ir'jiʿūReturn
- إِلَىٰٓilāto
- أَبِيكُمْabīkumyour father
- فَقُولُوا۟faqūlūand say
- يَـٰٓأَبَانَآyāabānā'O our father
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱبْنَكَib'nakayour son
- سَرَقَsaraqahas stolen
- وَمَاwamāand not
- شَهِدْنَآshahid'nāwe testify
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِمَاbimāof what
- عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe knew
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كُنَّاkunnāwe were
- لِلْغَيْبِlil'ghaybiof the unseen
- حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaguardians
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